27 September 1700 A.D. Innocent XII (Antonio Pignatelli) Dies—Rome’s 242nd; Variously, a Legate, Inquisitor & Governor; Induces French King Louix XIV to Revoke “Declaration of French Clergy”
27 September 1700 A.D. Innocent XII (Antonio Pignatelli) Dies—Rome’s 242 nd ; Variously, a Legate, Inquisitor & Governor; Induces French King Louix XIV to Revoke “Declaration of French Clergy” Ott, Michael. "Pope Innocent XII." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08022a.htm . Accessed 2 Oct 2014. Pope Innocent XII (ANTONIO PIGNATELLI) Born at Spinazzolo near Naples , 13 March, 1615; died at Rome , 27 September, 1700. Re entered the Roman Curia at the age of twenty and was successively made vice-legate at Urbino , inquisitor in Malta , and Governor of Perugia . Under Innocent X he became nuncio in Tuscany , and Alexander VII sent him as nuncio to Poland , where he regulated the disturbed eccl...